Bahrain news in Russian sources until 1914

Abstract

In this study, we will try to show the importance of Bahrain to Russian interests. which is the matter
which needs scientific efforts to uncover aspects of the Russian interest in Bahrain; And on what
I think that we, as researchers and scholars, should refer to Russian sources. between
published documentaries and research; As well as books written in order to obtain valuable information
About Bahrain from those sources, which gives us indications of the need to trace the course of what it contains
Its vaults of records and correspondence are of valuable information that we need and try to benefit from
Among its texts is to know other aspects of Bahrain's history, which have been approved for a long time
on primarily British sources; which may be biased and unfair in
Record it for events.

The research assumed the nature of the Russian penetration in the Arabian Gulf. Such as
Bahrain, the search for its historical origins; We may be guided to the data and information contained in those
Sources on Bahrain's geography, trade, and how its sheikhs from Al Khalifa dealt with
the British authorities in the region; What are the effects of this on Bahrain's internal situation?
And its repercussions on its external relations and the forms of British intervention that aims to prevent it
the Russians from finding centers for themselves in Bahrain; And how the Bahrainis managed to earn resources
Their living in the period before the discovery of oil in their country?

Perhaps we will find the answer to that in those historical references that we are about to present
Some of them and there are questions about the feasibility of the Russian presence in Bahrain »
And the nature of the reaction of the residents of Bahrain and its sheikhs from the windows of Russian merchant ships to
their ports; Was that activity in its economic and scientific forms welcomed by them? as
The research will try to address the motives of the cordial reception with which ships and their sailors were met
the Russians upon their arrival in Bahrain; Which helps us to know a lot of issues